These are the soundtracks for Super Mario Galaxy.
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Super Mario Galaxy: Original Sound Track
The Super Mario Galaxy: Original Soundtrack is an OST released exclusively through Club Nintendo in Japan on January 31, 2008. The CD's featured music from the Wii video game Super Mario Galaxy.
Two versions were released; standard (consisting 28 songs) and Platinum (all 81 songs).
The game's orchestral music is performed by the Mario Galaxy Orchestra. It was recorded at Sound Inn Studio.
Staff
Composers/Arrangers
- Mahito Yokota - Music Composer, Arranger, and Orchestrator
- Koji Kondo - Music Composer, Arranger, and Original Music
- Koji Haishima - Orchestra Conductor
Track listing
The following list is taken from the European release of the Platinum Edition version.
Disc 1
Disc 1 includes mainly orchestrated songs, as well as songs from the cutscenes and other major courses.
Disc length: 67:25
Disc 2
Disc 2 includes several background songs, and those that are not part of the major gameplay.
Disc length: 62:58
Trivia
- During development, the developers felt orchestrated soundtracks would be "detrimental" to the gameplay. Sound director Masafumi Kawamura, who previously worked in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, has influenced the decision to use orchestrated music for Galaxy.
- Kawamura is known for the feature where sound effects sync with the player's actions for visual emphasis, which was brought back in Galaxy.
- Koji Haishima is the game's orchestra conductor who also worked on various orchestral works in RPG games including the Final Fantasy franchise as well as the Mario & Sonic sports games. Galaxy is his only work in a Nintendo game.
- This is composer Mahito Yokota's second game since joining Nintendo in 2004, and his first Super Mario game.
- The "Toy Time Galaxy" arrangement of the Super Mario Bros.' "Ground Theme" is similar to the "Mario Syndrome" remix song by Bonus 21.
